The visiting Houston Rockets defeated the Denver Nuggets 128-108 on Wednesday night, led by Jalen Green's 34 points, Alperen Sengun's 20 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists.

Amen Thompson ended with 11 points for Houston, while Fred VanVleet and Cam Whitmore both scored 16 points. Five straight victories for the Rockets. Both Aaron Gordon (injury management) and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic were sidelined before the game due to elbow injuries sustained during warmups. Jokic has missed six games this season, but this is the first time he has been sidelined by an injury. He leads the club in scoring (30.6), rebounds (13.2), and assists (9.9). Gordon missed 19 games this season due to injury management on his right calf. For the first time this season, the Nuggets dropped the second game of a back-to-back without those two. In those games, Denver had an 8-0 record.